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Arny1211
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2 years ago

Suspicious offer from Telus

Hi, somebody from unidentified phone number called me and offered telus 20$ 100GB plan and a free iphone or samsung phone if I switch to Telus.They gave me their telus id TEL6024MW, name Mark Wayne a...
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Nighthawk
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2 years ago

It's a scam. For me the red flags are:

  • No cell company is offering free flagship phones.
  • The employee ID. Especially that it ended with the initials of the supposed employee.
  • They called from a non Telus number.
  • That phone number is part of an NXX controlled by Iristel in Ontario and I can't see Telus needing to use a third party phone provider. That company also has nothing but 1 star google reviews and many mentioning scams.
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